Rheinfelden (Baden)

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Rheinfelden
Saint Joseph Church
Coat of arms
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Coordinates: 47°33′40″N 7°47′30″E / 47.56111°N 7.79167°E / 47.56111; 7.79167Coordinates: 47°33′40″N 7°47′30″E / 47.56111°N 7.79167°E / 47.56111; 7.79167
Country	Germany
State	Baden-Württemberg
Admin. region	Freiburg
District	Lörrach
Subdivisions	8
Government
• Lord mayor	Klaus Eberhardt (SPD)
Area
• Total	62.84 km2 (24.26 sq mi)
Elevation	280 m (920 ft)
Population  (2020-12-31)[1]
• Total	32,919
• Density	520/km2 (1,400/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
Postal codes	79618
Dialling codes	07623
Vehicle registration	LÖ
Website	https://www.rheinfelden.de/

Rheinfelden (Alemannic German: Badisch-Rhyfälde, pronounced [ˈb̥ad̥ɪʃ ʁifæld̥ə]) is a town in the district of Lörrach in Baden-Württemberg, Germany. It is situated on the right bank of the Rhine, across from Rheinfelden, Switzerland, and 15 km east of Basel. The population is 32,469 as of 2006, making it the second most populated town of the district after Lörrach.

Geography[]

Rheinfelden is located on the Swiss-German border, between the High Rhine to the south and the Dinkelberg hills to the north in the district of Lörrach. It borders the Swiss town of the same name across the Rhine river, and the towns of Grenzach-Wyhlen, Inzlingen, Steinen, Maulburg, Schopfheim, Schwörstadt, and Wehr in Germany.

Communities[]

Rheinfelden consists of a relatively young town core (founded in the late 19th century), two formerly independent villages ( and ), and seven villages which were incorporated into the town between 1972 and 1975. These are:

• Degerfelden (alem. Degerfälde).
• (alem. Meisele).
• (alem. Herte).
• (alem. Nordschwoobe).
• (alem. Adelhuuse).
• Eichsel (alem. Eiggsle)
• (alem. Charsau) and its community of Beuggen (alem. Büügge).

Apart from the town core, the villages forming Rheinfelden date from the early Middle Ages. Partly because of this, a teasing animosity exists between the villages with their longer history and traditions, and the industrial town core with its diverse population of recent origin.

Twin towns – sister cities[]

Rheinfelden (Baden) is twinned with:^[2]

• Fécamp, France
• Mouscron, Belgium
• Neumarkt, Italy
• Vale of Glamorgan, Wales

Notable people[]

• Hans Blum (1841–1910), journalist and writer, lived in Rheinfelden from 1865^[3]
• Jürgen Untermann (1928–2013), linguist, indoeuropeanist and epigraphist
• Anne-Sophie Mutter, (born 1963), violinist
• Jochen Böhler (born 1969), historian, specializing in the military history of World War II
• Dietmar Dath (born 1970), author, journalist and translator
• Monique Riesterer (born 1971), weightlifter
• Lars Halter (born 1973), German-American journalist
• Ruwen Faller (born 1980), 400 metre sprinter
• Raoul Petretta (born 1997), Italian footballer

References[]

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